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“You wouldn’t steal a car” anti-piracy campaign may have used pirated fonts

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Motion Picture Association of America ran anti-piracy ads in the mid-2000s .

The "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" campaign featured a spray-painted font from the MPAA .

Fonts in Use has been identified as XBand Rough , a clone of FF Confidential .

Font creator: "It's just been around forever and is ubiquitous".